DescriptionIn the small 14th-century English village where he has lived his entire life, the boy has grown up with no name of his own, known only as "Asta's son". But when his mother dies, the boy receives both his rightful name, Crispin, and a lead cross, inscribed with a secret that soon has him fleeing for his life. Best-selling, award-winning Avi delights children and adults with historically accurate tales of high adventure.
DescriptionThis volume collects 16 stories from the master of wit and wisdom, Saki, who displayed an incomparable agility with delicate, humorous, stylistic prose. Included here are: "Esmé, " about a hyena that adopts 2 British women, "Tobermory, " featuring a talking cat, and "Sredni Vashtar, " concerning demon worship, as well as "The Easter Egg, " "Mrs. Packeltide's Tiger, " "The Byzantine Omelette, " and many more.
DescriptionIn "The Secret Sharer", a young untested officer is in command of a large starship carrying passengers in the form of digitized matrices. When a matrix breaks free of the storage circuit, crewmembers warn the young commander that the invisible matrix will try to inhabit a body. The novella We Are for the Dark is the story of the Lord Magistrate who is sent to the outer provinces of the galaxy to ensure that all is in the control of the Master. As he travels light years from his home on earth, he begins to lose his connection to his most deeply held beliefs about himself and God. In "Good News from the Vatican", the world awaits the announcement of the next elected pope. Among the candidates is a robot cardinal. "Every era gets the pope they deserve, " observes a bishop.
DescriptionThe Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades, a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit.
DescriptionCaptain Kathryn Janeway, commander of the Starship Voyager, is fighting a desperate battle on two fronts: while she duels the Kazon warship in the gaseous mists of a murky nebula, an Away Team led by Lt. Tuvok is trapped on the surface of a wilderness planet. Forced to choose between the lives of the Away Team and the safety of her ship, Captain Janeway reviews the most important moments of her life, and the pivotal choices that made her the woman she is today. From her childhood to Starfleet Academy, from her first love to her first command, she must once again face the challenges and conflicts that have brought her to the point where she must now risk everything to put one more piece in the mossaic that is Kathryn Janeway.
